Club History

Our club, registered as an independent NC nonprofit organization in 1981, traces its roots to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill running club founded in the 1975-6 school year by an undergraduate Morehead Scholar, David Royle, from England. Its name was a whimsical tribute to a thriving cross-country club, the Coventry Godiva Harriers, established a century earlier (ca. 1879) in David's homeland. That's how we became the Carolina Godiva Track Club.

Listed below are some special Godivans who have distinguished themselves by winning awards, serving as club president, or volunteering as editor of our monthly newsletter.

Annual Awards

Year

Volunteer of the Year

Male Runner of the Year

Female Runner of the Year

1984

Joel Gempler

Dave Smith (open)

Janice High (open)

Bill Hall (master)

Martha Klopfer (master)

1985

Margrid Krueger

Ed Daw

Janice High

1986

Rick Whaley

Ed Darken

Martha Klopfer

1987

Jim Reagan

Ole Holsti

Janice High

1988

Rob Montgomery

Dave Vandenbroek

Margie Stockton

Margrid Krueger

1989

Fred Askin

Maurice McDonald

Gretchen Klopfer

1990

Margie Stockton

Brian Palmer

Lena Hollmann

1991

Martin Shipp

Owen Astrachan

Martha Klopfer

1992

Tom & Gail Fowler

Jim Clabuesch

Lynn Lashley

1993

Paul Naylor

Brian Palmer

Lena Hollmann

1994

Margrid Krueger

Ole Holsti

Sue Cullen

1995

Judy Thomson

Harvey Goldstein

Lena Hollmann

1996

Gordon Keeler

Curt Clausen

Betsy Kempter

1997

Patrick Bruer

Jim Clabuesch

Diane Vandenbroek

1998

Gordon Keeler

Paul Gronke

Missy Foy

1999

Charles Alden

Larry Miller

Missy Foy

2000

Tom Kirby

Jim Clabuesch

Cathy Wides

2001

Karla Henderson

Emil Ardelean

Rachel Toor

2002

Carolyn Huettel

Max Hamlyn

Ann Miller

2003

Bruce Koenig (posth.)

Paul Bloom

Denise Fry

2004

Barbara Hindenach

Kevin Nickodem

Shelly Bloom

2005

Chris Crowder

Paul Jones

Heather Yeowell

Bob Nelson

2006

Chris Selvaggi

Ronnie Weed

Karen Murphy

2007

Jim Clabuesch

Mike Aldrink

Denise Larson

2008

Don Anthony

Paul Greene

Claudia Clarke

2009

Patrick Bruer

Abie Harris

Mary Szymkowski

Paul Potorti

2010

Halle Amick

Ulf André

Yvonne Ou

2011

J. Mickey Fong

Anthony Corriveau

Shannon Johnstone

2012

Kevin Nickodem

Tim Meigs

Cathy Wides

2013

Aline Lloyd

Bart Bechard

Rietta Couper

2014

Shauna Griffin

Kevin Nickodem

Louise Guardino

2015

Richard Wolfe

Greg Sousa

Jess Broglie

2016

Denise Larson

Mike Kelley

Tina Clossick

2017

Doug Hensel

Kevin McCabe

Megan Sullivan

2018

Susie Hansley

William Harris

Ariana Bevilacqua

Special Awards

Dave Smith Award for Meritorious Running and Service

1987

Rob Montgomery

1988

Tom Trent

1989

Margrid Krueger

2007

Ole Holsti

David Royle Award for Visionary Community Outreach

2001

Sam Griffith and Anne Marie Mulhern - founders of the Marathon Training Program